® VB027BSP

HIGH VOLTAGE IGNITION COIL DRIVER

POWER I.C.
TYPE Vcl Icl Id(on)
VB027BSP 320V 10.5A 160mA

■ PRIMARY COIL VOLTAGE INTERNALLY SET

■ COIL CURRENT LIMIT INTERNALLY SET
■ LOGIC LEVEL COMPATIBLE INPUT

■ DRIVING CURRENT QUASI PROPORTIONAL

TO COLLECTOR CURRENT 10

■ DOUBLE FLAG-ON COIL CURRENT

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DESCRIPTION PowerSO-10™
The VB027BSP is a high voltage power integrated
circuit made using the STMicroelectronics
VIPower™ technology, with vertical current flow
power darlington and logic level compatible
driving circuit. Built-in protection circuit for coil voltage, high current interface in advanced
current limiting and collector voltage clamping electronic ignition system.
allows the device to be used as smart, high

BLOCK DIAGRAM

Vd HV C

INPUT
DRIVER

OVERTEMP. QUASI PROP.

PROTECTION BASE CURRENT

FLAG 1
+

- RSENSE
-
FLAG REFERENCE
FLAG 2 +

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATING

Symbol Parameter Value Unit
HVc Collector voltage Internally limited V
IC Collector current Internally limited A
Vd Driving stage supply voltage 7 V
Id Driving circuitry supply current 200 mA
VIN Input voltage 10 V
Tj Junction operating temperature -40 to 150 °C
Tstg Storage temperature -55 to 150 °C

THERMAL DATA
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
Rthj-case Thermal resistance junction-case (MAX) 1.12 °C/W
Rthj-amb Thermal resistance junction-ambient (MAX) 62.5 °C/W

CONNECTION DIAGRAM (TOP VIEW)

GND 6 5 GND
Vd 7 4 GND
N.C. 8 3 GND
INPUT 9 2 GND
DIAG GND
10 1

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HVC

PIN FUNCTION
No Name Function
1÷5 GND Emitter power ground
6(*) GND Control ground
7 Vd Driving stage supply voltage
8 N.C.
9 INPUT Logic input channel
10 DIAG Diagnostic output signal (when IC is greater than 3A)
TAB HVC Primary coil output signal

(*) Pin 1÷5=Power GND, Pin 6=signal GND. Pin 6 must be connected to pins 1÷5 externally.

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (VCC=13.5V; Vd=5V; Tj=25ºC; Rcoil=510mΩ; Lcoil=7mH unless otherwise

specified)
Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
Vcl High voltage clamp -40°C≤Tj≤125°C; IC=6A 320 420 V
Power stage saturation
Vcg(sat) IC=6A; VIN=4V; -40°C≤Tj≤125°C 2 V
voltage
Id(off) Power-off supply current VIN=0.4V 11 mA
Id(on) Power-on supply current VIN=4V; IC=6A; -40°C≤Tj≤125°C 160 mA
Driving stage supply
Vd 4.5 5.5 V
voltage
Icl Collector current limit VIN=4V 8.5 10.5 A
Collector current limit drift
Icl(td) See figure 3
with temperature
Ileak Collector leakage current Vc=125V 100 µA
VINH High level input voltage 4 5.5 V
VINL Low level input voltage 0 0.8 V
IINH High level input current 200 µA
High level diagnostic
VdiagH REXT=15KΩ; CEXT=1nF (See figure 1) 3.5 Vd V
output voltage
Low level diagnostic
VdiagL REXT=22KΩ; CEXT=1nF (See figure 1) 0.5 V
output voltage
First threshold level
IC(diag1) 4.25 4.5 4.75 A
collector current
First threshold level
IC(diag1)td collector current drift with See figure 4
temperature
Second threshold level
IC(diag2) 5.45 5.8 6.15 A
collector current
Second threshold level
IC(diag2)td collector current drift with See figure 5
temperature
Overtemperature
IdiagH 2 2.6 3.2 A
diagnostic current
Turn-off delay time of
td(off) IC=6A 5 25 45 µs
output current
Turn-off fall time of output
tf(off) IC=6A 2 8 15 µs
current
Single pulse avalanche
Es/b 300 mJ
energy
Temperature of diagnostic
Tint 130 150 170 °C
shift
Thys Thermal hysteresis 30 °C
Vf Diode forward voltage IC= -10A 3 V

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PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
The VB027BSP is mainly intended as high voltage power
switch device driven by a logic level input and interfaces
directly to a high energy electronic ignition coil.
The input VIN of the VB027BSP is fed from a low power
signal generated by an external controller that determines
both dwell time and ignition point. During VIN high (≥4V)
the VB027BSP increases current in the coil to the desired,
internally set current level.
When the collector current exceeds 4.5A, the diagnostic
signal is turned high and it remains so, until the load
current reaches 5.8A (second threshold). At that value,
the diagnostic signal is turned low, and the µC forces the
VIN to the low state. During the coil current switch-off, the
primary voltage HVC is clamped by a series of Zener
diodes at an internally set value Vcl typically 365V.
The collector current sensed through the Rsense, is limited
thanks to the “Current limiter” block that, as soon as the Icl
level is reached, forces the darlington (using the “Driver”
block) to limit the current provided.
The transition from saturation to desaturation, coil current
limiting phase, must have the ability to accommodate an
overvoltage. A maximum overshoot of 20V is allowed.
There can be some short period of time in which the
output pin (HVC) is pulled below ground by a negative
current due to leakage inductances and stray
capacitances of the ignition coil. This can cause parasitic
glitches on the diagnostic output. VB027BSP has a built-
in protection circuit that allows to lock the p-buried layer
potential of the linear stage to the collector power, when
the last one is pulled underground.
FIGURE 1: Application circuit
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THERMAL BEHAVIOUR
You can see in the block diagram of the VB027BSP a box
called overtemperature protection. The purpose of this
circuit is to shift the current level at which the first
diagnostic is activated down to about 2.5A.
This information can be managed by the micro that can
take the corrective action in order to reduce the power
dissipation. This block is not an effective protection but
just an overtemperature detection. The shift down of the
first flag level cannot be present for temperatures lower
than 125°C.
As an example of its behavior you can suppose a very
simple motor management system in which the micro
does just a simple arithmetic calculation to decide when to
switch-off the device after the first flag threshold.
EXAMPLE:
IC(DIAG1) info after x ms (IC(DIAG1)=4.5A)
Iswitch-off info after kx ms.
As soon as the temperature rises over the overtemp
threshold, the first diagnostic is shifted down to about
2.5A and, in this example, the switch-off current will be
kx*2.5 / 4.5.
OVERVOLTAGE
The VB027BSP can withstand the following transients of
the battery line:
-100V / 2ms (Ri=10Ω)
+100V / 0.2ms (Ri=10Ω)
+50V / 400ms (Ri=4.2 Ω, with VIN=3V)
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FIGURE 2: Switching waveform

VIN

2nd Threshold

1st Threshold

Icl

DIAG

FIGURE 3: Maximum Icl VS temperature FIGURE 4: IC(diag1) VS temperature

FIGURE 5: IC(diag2) VS temperature FIGURE 6: Vcg(sat) VS temperature (at IC=6A)

[V]

1.7
1.6
max
1.5
Avg
1.4
min
1.3
1.2
1.1
-40 25 125
Temperature [°C]

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PowerSO-10™ MECHANICAL DATA

mm. inch
DIM.
MIN. TYP MAX. MIN. TYP. MAX.
A 3.35 3.65 0.132 0.144
A1 0.00 0.10 0.000 0.004
B 0.40 0.60 0.016 0.024
c 0.35 0.55 0.013 0.022
D 9.40 9.60 0.370 0.378
D1 7.40 7.60 0.291 0.300
E 9.30 9.50 0.366 0.374
E1 7.20 7.40 0.283 0.291
E2 7.20 7.60 0.283 300
E3 6.10 6.35 0.240 0.250
E4 5.90 6.10 0.232 0.240
e 1.27 0.050
F 1.25 1.35 0.049 0.053
H 13.80 14.40 0.543 0.567
h 0.50 0.002
Q 1.70 0.067
α 0º 8º

0.10 A B
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H E E2 E3 E1 E4
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SEATING
PLANE

e B DETAIL "A" A

0.25 M C
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SEATING
PLANE
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A1 A1

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DETAIL "A"

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